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. 2016 Dec;32(4):224.
doi: 10.1097/YCT.0000000000000350.

A Time-Out Before Every ECT Treatment

Bradley V Watts  1
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A Time-Out Before Every ECT Treatment

Bradley V Watts. J ECT. 2016 Dec.

Abstract

A preprocedure time time-out process is now advocated to occur before all invasive medical procedures with a goal to improve patient safety. Currently, the components of a time-out are commonly done before electroconvulsive therapy, but we advocate universal adoption of pre-electroconvulsive therapy time-out process and terminology.

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  • A Time-Out Before Every ECT Treatment.
    Weiss AM, Hansen S, Bull M, Hughes P. Weiss AM, et al. J ECT. 2017 Sep;33(3):218. doi: 10.1097/YCT.0000000000000399. J ECT. 2017. PMID: 28272094 No abstract available.
  • A Time-Out Before Every ECT Procedure.
    Weiss AM, Hansen S, Bull M, Hughes P. Weiss AM, et al. J ECT. 2017 Sep;33(3):218-219. doi: 10.1097/YCT.0000000000000419. J ECT. 2017. PMID: 28570497 No abstract available.

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